Sleeping-shirt.



Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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SLEEPINGSHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' vaflented Sept/.9, 21913.

Application tiled February 17. 1913. Serial No. 748,955.

Be it known that IRA A. Jonxsox, a l

citizen ot' the United States, residing at Glendale, in the eonnty ot ',lrinity and State ot Texas. have invented certain new and useitul Improvements in Sleeping- Shirts, ot' which the lfollowing is a speeitication, reterenee being had to the, aecompanying drawings.

This invention eompreheiuls certain new and use'liul improvements in sleeping shirts and relates more lnlrticularly to shirts adapted to be worn by ii'rtants and having means Ylor engaging.;- the edge oit the bed covering and retaining the same in position.

An object ot the invention is to provide a device ot this eharaeter having shoulder tlaps Covering the elamps engaged with the bed covering to retain the same in position over the intant.

Another object is to provide a device o'li this enaraeter with the shoulder [laps seeured at their inner ends to the .neck portion ot the .shirt while their outer ends are removably seeured to the outer edge ot' the shoiidder portions ot said shirt.

Another object is to generally improve and siinplity the eonstrnetion oli devices ot' this character and increase the etlieienev and commercial value oit the same.

YV ith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel teatures ot' construction7 combination and arrangement ot parts as will be hereimrtter more fully described, Claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whieh- Figure l, is a perspective view ot the de- Vice with the edges oit' the cover engaged in the Clamping members, the cover being broken away and one, oit' the 'tlaps shown in raised position Vwith the clamping members secured therebeneath also swung npmlrdly. Fig. 2, is a detail perspective View ott one et the clamliing members.

It will be understood that similar parts will be designated throughout the several views by corresponding reference characters.

It is a well known taet that 'trequently the cover is eaused to work down from around the shoulders oit intants during the night and at other times, thus allowing the infant to take cold, and I have therefore providet'l a shirt '1 whieh may be placed upon the in'lant and ll have provided shoulder flaps 2 4tor the shirt, which tlaps are secured at their inner ends to the neek Il ot said shirt and are det achably seeured to the outer portions ot the shoulders ot the shirt. by the buttons "-lcarried by the. shirt, tbe shoulder tlaps 2 being provided at their outer ends with the button holes 5. l't will be umlerstood that the outer ends ot? the shoulder llaps may be seeured in position in any suitable and preferred manner, however. instead o'lI by means ot the buttons and button holes7 as shown and described in thisI application. 'lhe shoulder [laps 2 serve to protect the shoulders ot the inl'ants and keep the same warm, and also to cover and protect the clamping members t' whieh will now be deseribed.

l have shown two clamping members beneath eaeh shoulder tlap 2 but it will be understootfl that any pre'lierred number may be employed. Nat-h elamping member (i is toi-med preterably ot a U-shaped metallic strip 7 bent centrally upon itselt to form lower and upper portions extending substantially parallel to one another when the elamp is in closed position. as will be later elearly understood. lhe jliree ends o't the upper and lower portions are bent at right angles and toward one another and provided with suitable teeth upon their edges, thus :forming cooperating gripping jaws 8 which are normally spaced tromoneanother,owing to the resiliency ot' the material ot whieh the U-shaped member is constructed and the upper jaw S is toreed toward the lower jaw by means oil. the eam lever t) which operates upon the ripper 'l'aee oli the upper portion ot the U-shaped member 7 and as thel oppositely direeted laterally extending lugs 10 engage through the openings in the upper ends o'li the parallel upwardly directed ears ll wbiel are bent upwardly lroln the opposite edges ol the lower portions ol. the U- shaped member 7, said ears projecting slightly above the upper portion olf the U- shaped member when said upper portion ot the U-sbaped member is in its normal position. Eaeh clamping member t3 is secured to the slunilder portions o't the shirt It by means ol an elongated ring or link 1L engaged through the central portion oli the U-shaped .member 7 and is sewed or otherwise secured to the shoulder portion oit the shirt, as

within the scope of the appended claims shown at 13. The rings 12 are preferably secured beneath the rear edges of the shoulder flaps 2, thus making it possible for the shoulder flaps to completely cover the clamping members, bringing the edge of the bed covering engaged between the jaws 8 of the clamping members 6 beneath the forward edges of the fiaps 2, thereby properly covering and protecting the infant.

It will be understood that while I have described this device as being adapted for infants, the same may be readily made of a proper size to be used for retaining cover on older persons and covering and protecting the shoulders of such persons and it will be evident that this device will be especially desirable and useful in hospitals and other places for properly covering and protecting sick or helpless parties.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the parts ofthe device may be made of any suitable materials and minor changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a shirt having shoulder flaps, clamping members beneath the shoulder flaps, means for securing the clamping members to the shoulder portion of the shirt, and means for securing the outer ends of the flaps in position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a shirt having shoulder flaps permanently secured to the neck of the shirtV at their upper ends, means for removably securing the outer ends of the flaps in position, and cover engaging means positioned beneath the flaps.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IRA A. JOHNSUN.

TWitnesses N. B. DEvINE, It. A. PURDUE.

Copies o1 this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

